Marie Maynard Daly (1921 - 2003)

US biochemist. She was the first Black American woman in the United States to earn a Ph.D. in chemistry (awarded by Columbia University in 1947). In 1975, Daly was one of 30 minority women scientists to attend a conference examining the challenges facing minority women in STEM fields. The conference was held by the American Association for the Advancement of Science. This resulted in the publication of the report, The Double Bind: The Price of Being a Minority Woman in Science (1976). which made recommendations for recruiting and retaining minority women scientists. Source: Wikipedia

Known for
Research in

the chemistry of histones

protein synthesis

the relationships between cholesterol and hypertension

creatine's uptake by muscle cells

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Listing in Distinguished African American Scientists of the 20th Century (1996)  Kessler, Morin, Kidd, Kidd (via Google books)